“Whether game theory leads to clear-cut solutions, to vague solutions, or to impasses, it does achieve one thing. In bringing techniques of logical and mathematical analysis gives men an opportunity to bring conflicts up from the level of fights, where the intellect is beclouded by passions, to the level of games, where the intellect has a chance to operate.” MenGivingDoeFightingPassionOpportunityGamesChanceLevelsClearCuttingOne ThingAchieveTheoryConflictSolutionsIntellectTechniqueMathematicalAnalysisLogicalVagueImpasseMathematical Analysis Author:Anatol Rapoport
“Often, if there's something that I want to do, but somehow can't get myself to do, it's because I don't have clarity. This lack of clarity often arises from a feeling of ambivalence - I want to do something, but I don't want to do it; or I want one thing, but I also want something else that conflicts with it.” IfsWantFeelingsOne ThingConflictAriseClarityWant SomethingAmbivalenceAuthentic Happiness Author:Gretchen Rubin
“There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether it moves in my direction or away.” KnowsMovingCreativeOne ThingConflictArgumentUnhappyExhausted Author:Jack Nicholson
“Turkey's NATO membership is one thing that is forestalling the worst-case scenario - open conflict between Russia and Turkey - because neither Moscow nor the West wants a Russian NATO conflict to erupt.” WantCasesOne ThingWorstConflictWestRussiaTurkeysScenariosNatoMembershipMoscowWorst Case Scenario Author:Peter Kenyon
“One thing about our show that wasn't even in my awareness, but was brought to my attention by other people, is that our show is about these love-based relationships. Even though the characters are obviously going through different conflicts, you can really feel that the characters love each other. And they really try their best.” PeopleFeelsTryingDifferentCharacterShowsAttentionOne ThingAwarenessConflictLove Each Other Author:Steve Zissis
“Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.” PeopleBelieveDesirePleasureOne ThingConflictBe GoodBad PeopleNicomachean Ethics Author:Aristotle
“You see, a conflict always begins with an issue - a difference of opinion, an argument. But by the time it turns into a war, the issue doesn't matter anymore, because now it's about one thing and one thing only: how much each side hates the other.” WarMatterHateTurnsSidesDifferencesOpinionIssuesOne ThingConflictArgumentUnwindDifferences Of Opinion Book:Unwind Source: Unwind
“One thing you who had secure or happy childhoods should understand about those of us who did not. We who control our feelings, who avoid conflicts at all costs, or seem to seek them. Who are hypersensitive, self-critical, compulsive, workaholic, and above all survivors. We are not that way from perversity, and we cannot just relax and let it go. We’ve learned to cope in ways you never had to.” WayInspirationalShouldSelfFeelingsSeemsUnderstandingOne ThingChildhoodCostConflictLetting GoSeekingCriticalHappySecureSensitiveI've LearnedRelaxSurvivorAvoidingLet It GoCopingWorkaholicHappy ChildhoodPerversityUnhappy Childhood Author:Piers Anthony
“The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves.” KnowsPersonsOne ThingConflictTrue Person Author:Mike Tyson